William Fettes Douglas

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1822–1891

Sir William Fettes Douglas was a Scottish painter and art connoisseur, rising to be President of the Royal Scottish Academy. == Life == He was born on 12 March 1822 at 26 Rankeillor Street in Edinburgh's South Side, the eldest son of James Douglas, a banker in the Commercial Bank of Scotland and his wife, Martha Brook, grand-niece of Sir William Fettes, bart., the founder of Fettes College. On the completion of his education at the High School of Edinburgh, in 1836 he entered the Commercial Bank of Scotland, in which his father was accountant. His father was an amateur artist of some talent, and the son was encouraged to devote the free time of his ten years bank's service to painting and drawing. In 1847, he resolved to become an artist.

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